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FCC deadline for STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication nears

The wireless industry is working to combat robocalls and Wednesday, June 30, marks the FCC deadline for carriers and other voice providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication technology. STIR/SHAKEN is a protocol that helps digitally authenticate phone numbers to verify that a call is indeed coming from the number shown on a caller ID. It’s a technology used against illegal spoofing, a technique robocallers sometimes use in order to appear like a call is coming from a…
Jun 29, 2021
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FCC deadline for STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication nears

The wireless industry is working to combat robocalls and Wednesday, June 30, marks the FCC deadline for carriers and other voice providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication technology. STIR/SHAKEN is a protocol that helps digitally authenticate phone numbers to verify that a call is indeed coming from the number shown on a caller ID. It’s a technology used against illegal spoofing, a technique robocallers sometimes use in order to appear like a call is coming from a…
Jun 29, 2021
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How businesses can protect their brands and bottom lines against damage from illegal robocalls

March 17, 2021 was a milestone in the war on illegal robocalls. The FCC levied a $225 million fine — the largest in its history — on a telemarketer for making 1 billion illegal robocalls. On the same day, the FCC launched its Robocall Response Team, whose 51 staffers will step up enforcement and develop policies to help track down illegal robocallers. And finally, the FCC issued cease-and-desist letters to six voice service providers for allowing their networks to pass illegal robocalls. …
May 28, 2021
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Driving Sales Transformation At iconectiv

Peter Ford is Executive Vice President of Global Sales at iconectiv, a Private Equity backed company that offers solutions that enable the interconnection of networks, devices, and applications to the communications industry. Ford is a veteran sales leader with a reputation for taking a highly disciplined, customer-focused, and results-driven approach to sales. He joined iconectiv in 2018 to accelerate the company’s international strategy and since that time has transformed the sales…
May 27, 2021
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Member Spotlight | May, 2021

iconectiv joined PACE to become part of a community that advocates and promotes best practices for companies relying on contact centers to communicate with customers. It is becoming progressively more difficult for contact centers to connect and engage with consumers because of the decline of consumer trust in voice communications—particularly as consumers increasing ignore calls from unknown callers. As an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two…
May 26, 2021
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5G and Common Language levels the playing field to new players, creates opportunity, Podcast

“Very simply we (iconectiv) keep the world connected,” says Sharon Dileo, iconectiv’s Director of Product Management. In this podcast Dileo is joined by Chris Bain, Director, Common Language Services at iconectiv, as we look at recent whitepaper findings and how a common naming strategy improves the effectiveness of real-time network operations and key business management functions while also bringing increased awareness when launching and managing new network-based services. Anyone who wants…
May 21, 2021
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Why ‘common language’ could clarify the DSP route through network complexity

The ‘iconectiv TruOps Common Language’ is another constructed language but it is attempting to do something rather different. It’s about nailing down technical nomenclature and language with specific meanings so that all those who have to grapple with technical complexity can at least do so while singing from the same hymn sheet (to mix at least 2 metaphors). The similarity with Esperanto is that, rather than waiting for language and meaning to evolve organically, it puts  definitions…
Apr 30, 2021

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New Messaging Solution Helps Companies Avoid Spamming, Protect Brand Reputations, Focus on Quality Consumer Engagement

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – April 3, 2017 – As consumers increasingly rely upon text messaging for authentic engagement with organizations to conduct a variety of everyday tasks, the last thing they want or need are irrelevant, misdirected texts they did not ask to receive, or worse, their medical, financial and other personal data sent to someone else’s mobile phone. iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, today…
Apr 3, 2017
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Sangeeta Roy of iconectiv Named to Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) 2017 Rising Leaders Program

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – March 23, 2017 – iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, announced today that Sangeeta Roy, head of technology operations, has been named to the 2017 Rising Leaders Program by the Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT). WICT’s Rising Leaders Program is a competitive, application-based program that recognizes industry professionals at the manager and director level who have demonstrated…
Mar 23, 2017
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Industry White Paper Addresses Rise of Fraudulent Mobile Account Takeover

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – March 23, 2017 – iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, today released a timely industry white paper, Never Underestimate the Power of Identity, about fighting consumer fraud and the potentially devastating effects of account takeover by protecting the integrity of the phone number. As detailed in the publication, the phone number is under attack today. Consumers receive calls and…
Mar 23, 2017
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Argentina Extends Mobile Number Portability Service Contract

PISCATAWAY, N.J., March 16, 2017 -- APA, a subsidiary of Telcordia Technologies dba iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, announced a two-year extension  for its data administration contract for mobile number portability (MNP)  in the Republic of Argentina.  Argentinian subscribers will continue to easily transfer their existing mobile number from one service provider to another with APA…
Mar 16, 2017
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Argentina extiende el contrato del servicio de portabilidad numérica móvil

PISCATAWAY, Nueva Jersey, 16 de Marzo de 2017 -- APA, filial de Telcordia Technologies que opera como iconectiv y es un socio de peso de la industria de las comunicaciones a escala global, conectando a más de dos mil millones de personas todos los días, anunció la renovación del contrato de administración de la base de datos centralizada del servicio de portabilidad numérica móvil (PNM) en la República Argentina. Los suscriptores argentinos continuarán transfiriendo de manera simple y…
Mar 16, 2017
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Detecting, Preventing and Mitigating Fraud on Expanding Service Provider Networks

Anaheim, Calif., March 13, 2017 - iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry connecting more than two billion people every day, has announced that Chip Stevens, Director of Product Management, will deliver an opening day keynote address on Detecting, Preventing, and Mitigating Fraudulent Activity on Carrier Networks at the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) Winter Educational Event taking place March 14-16, in Anaheim, California. Stevens will…
Mar 14, 2017
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iconectiv to Host Testing Webcast

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – March 8, 2017 – iconectiv, the next Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for all seven U.S. regions, continues to move forward with the transition of the new Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) and is preparing to begin the testing phase of the transition for Service Providers, Service Bureaus, and Providers of Telecom-related Services. Preparations for the Industry Testing phase will kick off with a webcast on March 15, 2017 at 3:30 pm ET during which…
Mar 8, 2017